[John the Baptizer said to his disciples,] “For [Jesus] is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit. The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.” —John 3:34-35 NLT Key Thought Jesus is THE authority! [1] Jesus has the authority over life and death. He …
[John the Baptizer said to his disciples,] “[Jesus] has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else. He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what …
[About Jesus, John the Baptizer said,] “He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.” —John 3:30 NLT Key Thought Want to be great? Want to do something great? Want to be great for God? Want to be a blessing for others in Jesus’ name? Then live so that others will …
[John the Baptizer said to his disciples,] “You yourselves know how plainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.’ It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I …
A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing. So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. [1] And everybody is going to him instead of coming …
Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people. At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism. (This was before John was thrown …
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[Concluding his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus said,] “All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.” —John 3:20-21 NLT Key Thought A …
[Continuing his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus said,] “And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.” —John 3:19 NLT Key Thought We may tend to put non-Christians in different categories: those who are actively involved in …
[Continuing his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus said,] “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in [God’s Son]. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.” —John 3:18 NLT Key Thought “There is no judgment” is used in this verse in the …
[Continuing his talk with Nicodemus, Jesus said,] “God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” —John 3:17 NLT Key Thought The world stands in the shadow of destruction. Were it not for God’s love for us in Jesus, we would face the same end …